Hacker Alert – How to Differentiate Spam Email From Your Regular Email
Have you ever received an email from Netflix, Amazon, Paypal or a familiar company that shows that you made a transaction for $3,585.58 that you didn't make? Phishing, or hacking, is unfortunately very common and so many people fall victim. According to Proofpoint’s 2022 State of the Phish Report, 83% of organisations fell victim to a phishing attack last year. According to the FBI, businesses lost $2.4 billion in 2021 to Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. This is a large, but very common, issue that can cost businesses thousands of dollars. So, how do we differentiate a real email from a phishing or malware email? 1. Look at the senders email address - Hackers do a great job of mimicking the company name, logo, header, and footer, and making the email look like it's from a specific company. When you receive these emails, look at the senders email address - if it isn't straight from the company itself, it may be spam. Sometimes the sender has an email with a combination of letters and numbers instead of a company email. Also, if the email contains gmail.com or yahoo.com instead of a business name, it could also be spam. 2. Look for misspellings and punctuation errors...
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